Custody Research · DRAFT for Tony Katenya · 2026-05-25
Custody Meet-and-Confer · Research CompilationDRAFT
All three artifacts from the 2026-05-24 → 2026-05-25 overnight run. Read in order: Phase plan → Clause map → CA law research. Critical flag: ~$37,950 spousal-support arrears, collectible indefinitely under Cal Fam Code §291.
How to use this for Tony
Three layers, increasing depth:
Phase plan tab — the 10-phase project structure. Tony reads this once to understand scope, hard constraints (avoid that judge, exhibit-grade only), and which phases are blocking which. Phases 2 and 3 are now complete (tabs 2 and 3). Phase 4 (evidence harvest) is now unblocked.
MSA clause → exhibit map tab — Tony's working document for the meet-and-confer. Every financial clause mapped to the existing exhibits and the missing evidence. Bottom of that tab has a ranked Top-5 Phase-4 harvest list. Start with the SS-arrears reconciliation — that's the F1-risk blocker.
California family law tab — reference dossier with code sections, case names, holdings. Tony will know most of this but the citations are pre-pulled for him. Key load-bearing finding: Cal Fam Code §291 makes the $37,950 arrears collectible indefinitely with no laches defense.
What Victor needs to confirm before this goes to Tony
The $3,500 vs $4,259/mo spousal-support discrepancy. Confirm which rate you've actually been paying since 2022-01. Bank-statement screenshots for any month in 2022 + any month in 2025 should resolve it.
The meet-and-confer date. If Tony has a target date for sending Kelly's counsel a letter, that shapes Phase 9 timing.
Output destination preference. Drive folder name for the final exhibit binder; default is My Drive/Personal/Divorce/Meet-Confer-2026-05/.
What this is NOT
Not legal advice. Steve compiled research; Tony makes the legal calls.
Not the final letter. This is the substrate that lets Tony draft the letter quickly with confidence.
Not the exhibit binder. Phase 5 will assemble that once Phase 4 closes the evidence gaps.
Open from this compile
Phase 4: bank-record subpoenas + Kelly health-insurance enrollment records — required to verify the C-002 step-up condition.
Phase 4: Venmo + bank records 2022-01 → present, categorized by clause.
Phase 5: per-clause exhibit folders with raw_evidence/ subdirs + summary.md.